[n88tr]

I hit the gym today and did bis and chest [great workout there] and polished it off with 25 mins of HIT on the stairmaster, it says I burned 320 calories, a new record for me [my old was just 300]. I was dripping sweat with each step as I finished up, it was seriously intense.

My question, if I'm cutting, should I do cardio everyday, or HIT everyday? I plan to switch it up, doing some on the treadmill, some on the track, some running outside, etc.

I have goal of cutting 10 more lbs, maintaining my cut, and getting into bulking.

[Cain Marko]

Mix it up man, this will keep the cutting going smoothly and keep you from getting bored with what your doing, I'm preparing to cut as well so I'll be sweating it out with ya

[Thomas_Rivera]

I personally only like to do cardio on non training days.

[Cain Marko]

Ditto on that rivera

[n88tr]

But what about frequency? I am ready to go all out on this, I always put in 100%.... I just don't want to overtrain on the cardio HIT.... more advice please, thank you very much.

[<3Frosty]

The frequency? Id say, if its warm enough outside (over 70 degress), then you better run your ass off outside in grass on off days. That would be my recommendation. I dont think anything can compare to someone actually full out sprinting on an open field (that is relatively flat of course, at least, no huge holes and divots) and doing their HIIT this way.

[n88tr]

Yeah well it's winter outside now, about 17 'F on average, but I do cardio in the summer, or atleast I started losing a bunch last year, in fall.

I was just wondering for how much to do each day, if I do each day, and on what machines I should use? Thanks though for the outdoor HIIT advice.

[<3Frosty]

Originally Posted by n88tr

Yeah well it's winter outside now, about 17 'F on average, but I do cardio in the summer, or atleast I started losing a bunch last year, in fall.

I was just wondering for how much to do each day, if I do each day, and on what machines I should use? Thanks though for the outdoor HIIT advice.

Indoor, i find a treadmill the easiest to do HIIT on, but that can get somewhat dangerous. I just set up the standard 1:1 interval setting, and when the run portion comes up, i set the incline really high, like 7-8, and run at a pretty fast pace, usually around 9-10. If you get tired or feel you cant keep up, i just jump off to one side. After 30 seconds of actual sprinting and it not going back down, i usually jump off to one side and wait.

I usually have the slow portion around 2-3 with no incline.

If you have ellipticals that have hand controls (like, where you hold onto the handles, some have controls right at your finger tips), i like using those to do my HIIT as i can quickly increase the resistance and stride length, or lower it.



How long depends on your conditioning, but i find anything longer than 20 minutes and your intensity level usually takes a steep drop. I would only do this on off days, once a day. Its pretty brutal on the joints/ligaments, and the body usually gets a great core workout if on a treadmill.

[JakeVendetta]

i would just try 2 days a week for a while and track your improvements from there if you feel your not losing fast enough add another day, but ultimately it will come down to your diet when cutting or bulking for that matter. I like to do 1 min intervals on a tredmill like this
1 x 5 min warm up
8-10 x 1 min 10mph
1 min 3 mph
Using the tredmill i find is pretty harsh on the joints, you could use the same idea basically for any cardio machine.